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Sambucus racemosa
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Red-berried elder of mountain Europe and North America; berries mildly toxic raw but used in folk medicine after cooking; bark used as emetic.
Red-berried elder of mountain Europe and North America; berries mildly toxic raw but used in folk medicine after cooking; bark used as emetic. Key active compounds include sambunigrin, cyanogenic glycosides, flavonoids.
sambunigrin, along with cyanogenic glycosides and flavonoids, are the primary bioactive compounds in Red Elder. These compounds provides free radical scavenging activity.
Antioxidant anthocyanins
Limited clinical evidence; primarily supported by traditional use and preliminary studies
Folk medicine documentation
Respiratory conditions in Scandinavian folk medicine
Based on traditional use; clinical evidence limited
Native American use of bark for emesis
Based on traditional use; clinical evidence limited
Wound healing poultice
Based on traditional use; clinical evidence limited
Laxative and diuretic bark preparations
Based on traditional use; clinical evidence limited
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